Al-Marsad Newspaper – Agencies: Dr. Alexander Myasnikov announced that lung cancer remains the most prevalent type of cancer in the world, both in terms of injuries and deaths.
Myasnikov points out on a television program that lung cancer in the early stages does not show any symptoms, and in its advanced stages, its symptoms are similar to those of a number of diseases. What are the causes of lung cancer and how can it be diagnosed?
He added that the most common symptoms of lung cancer are coughing, hoarseness, chronic cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, frequent respiratory diseases – bronchitis, pneumonia, fatigue, loss of appetite, and unexplained weight loss.
According to him, a person must identify the causes of lung cancer. This disease is diagnosed in most cases in smokers – active and passive smoking. Even if a person has never smoked in his life and was not next to someone who smokes, this does not mean that he is immune from lung cancer.
He added: There are other factors that cause lung cancer: air pollution, inhalation of asbestos used in construction, radon gas, which is a radioactive natural gas that can accumulate in basements and basements of buildings, tuberculosis, tumor viruses, infecting relatives with lung cancer, and other genetic factors.
He continued, “Lung cancer can be diagnosed in its early stages using low-dose computed tomography (CT).